Missing Claudia Lawrence Disappeared From Her Home In York In 2009

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Miss Lawrence was 35 when she disappeared from her home in York in 2009.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27399257

 

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Police are continuing to question a 59-year-old man from York, who has been arrested on suspicion of murdering missing chef Claudia Lawrence.

A man named locally as Michael Snelling was arrested on Tuesday over the disappearance Miss Lawrence, who vanished aged 35 in 2009.

North Yorkshire Police is carrying out forensic examinations of Mr Snelling's house in Burnholme Grove.

Mr Snelling was a lab technician at the University of York, where Miss Lawrence worked as a chef.

Forensic officers have boarded up his home as part of their investigation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27404489

 

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North Yorkshire Police said the 59-year-old, named locally as Michael Snelling, had been released on conditional bail.

Mr Snelling was detained on Tuesday over the disappearance of Miss Lawrence, who went missing in 2009.

Forensic searches are to continue "for a number of days" at relevant properties to the case, police said.

Police had been carrying out forensic examinations of Mr Snelling's house in Burnholme Grove.

A house believed to be his mother's was also searched in North Shields.

Senior officers said there was "the possibility of further arrests to be made" in the case.

A fresh appeal for information was made on the fifth anniversary of her disappearance in March, which was broadcast on the BBC's Crimewatch programme.

Police revealed several new lines of inquiry generated by the review of the case and a fresh examination of her home.

Fingerprints had been uncovered using techniques not available in 2009, they said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27418063

 

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'I have nightmares, wondering what she might have gone through': Mother of missing chef Claudia Lawrence speaks of her pain as 59-year-old man is released on bail after murder arrest

A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said last night: 'Forensic searches at relevant properties are expected to continue for a number of days.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eleased-bail-murder-arrest.html#ixzz31n8wNVQ6

Family leap to Claudia suspect's defence as he goes free: 59-year-old is out on bail as cousin claims police are 'barking up the wrong tree'

Drinkers told police they saw him with his arm round Claudia, who he sometimes drove to work, but he was not arrested until yesterday.

Mrs Lawrence, who is the outgoing mayor in her home town of Malton, North Yorkshire, separated from Claudia’s father, Peter, a commercial property lawyer, 18 years ago.

She has previously railed at the police’s working theory that her daughter’s ‘complex’ private life held the key to her disappearance.

She added: ‘I don’t know what this might mean but it’s not the first time there’s been a big development which has led to nothing. I’m not getting my hopes up just yet.’

Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn, who is leading the case, said in March he also wanted to trace a 'hugely significant' man, in his late fifties, seen outside her house on the same morning.

He was described as having with grey mid-length hair, and wearing a three-quarter length sandy coloured mac.

The force has today refused to reveal whether this is the man arrested.

A cold case review started last year found DNA on a cigarette butt in her car which could lead them to a mystery 'left-handed smoker'.

It fuelled speculation the 35-year-old chef could have been seeing a secret boyfriend in the weeks before she vanished five years ago.

They want to find out if the evidence from the car, which had been off the road ‘for a number of weeks’ when she vanished, is linked to a man who has been dubbed the 'left-handed smoker'.

The man was seen standing with a woman at 5.35am on the day Miss Lawrence disappeared, at a point on her route to work and at an appropriate time.

The couple were seen by a passing cyclist and were facing each other several feet apart on Melrosegate Bridge. The man, dressed in a dark hooded top, was smoking from a cigarette held in his left hand.

Police also want to trace a man who told shop workers he knew Miss Lawrence or used to work with her, but has never been traced.

The man, identified on CCTV, mentioned the case to staff in Tang Hall, York, on April 1, 2009 - almost two weeks after she disappeared.

Analysis of Miss Lawrence's phone records indicate she was spending an unusual amount of time ‘socialising’ in the Acomb suburb of York during this period and police believe somebody she was seeing there is ‘yet to come forward.’

Another more curious item police want to trace is Miss Lawrence’s set of GHD hair straighteners.

Police have previously revealed at the time she went missing she was in a secret ‘long term casual relationship’ with a man who was in a serious relationship himself.

She also went out with a different mystery man 48 hours before she vanished. Miss Lawrence arrived for her early shift looking tired and told a work colleague she had been out until 4 or 5am with a boyfriend.

Miss Lawrence’s silver Samsung D900 mobile has never turned up. It went dead at 12.10pm on the day she went missing. Police said in March they don’t think it ran out of battery power and believe ‘it was deliberately turned off by someone.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...wo-years-searched-property.html#ixzz31n9SFMoK

First picture emerges of the mental health charity worker arrested on suspicion of murdering missing chef Claudia Lawrence who disappeared on her way into work five years ago

Snelling was known in the pub as ‘Geordie Mick’.

'Mike has lived there for years, about 20 years by himself, no kids or a wife or anything.

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'Mike has lived there for years, about 20 years by himself, no kids or a wife or anything.

Right. He must be guilty, then. :sarcasm:

 

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A man has been arrested as part of the continuing investigation into the murder of Claudia Lawrence.

The missing chef, 35, has not been seen since March 2009. North Yorkshire Police said a 46-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.

A large police presence has been at The Acomb pub, on Kingsway, York, since about 08:00 BST.

A 59-year-old man held on suspicion of her murder in May remains on bail.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28439059

 

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Neighbours are reporting lots of noise like power drills and chisels... I wonder if they are looking for her body?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/claudia-lawrence-live-updates-police-3900751

 

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Detectives searching for missing chef Claudia Lawrence are re-examining an alleyway behind her home in York for fresh clues.

North Yorkshire Police said the new search might uncover a "significant" lead in their investigation. Specialist officers and a police dog are being used.

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The new line of inquiry comes ahead of her 41st birthday, on Friday.

Officers have also carried out house-to-house inquiries in the area and are contacting former residents.

Det Sup Dai Malyn said: "I am interested in this alleyway and whether it was significant in Claudia's disappearance.

"We are looking at it with fresh eyes and I do feel from judgement and experience it is worth revisiting these scenes."

Det Sup Malyn said searching Miss Lawrence's home again in 2013 using fresh forensic techniques had produced new information.

"I am confident doing this type of work does lead to people coming forward with fresh information."

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-31611678

 

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A man arrested on suspicion of murdering missing York chef Claudia Lawrence has been released on bail.

The man, in his 50s, also from York, was arrested on Monday by police investigating the disappearance of Miss Lawrence in March 2009.

North Yorkshire Police said he had been released "to allow detectives time to follow up lines of enquiry".

North Yorkshire Police has urged people and the media not to identify the arrested man. The BBC understands the man has not been arrested before.

The force believes some people locally knew Miss Lawrence but have kept their relationship secret.

Some deliberately lied about a number of issues concerning their association with the chef, police said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-32041254

 

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So there's a 59 year old arrested and out on bail for her murder. Now they've arrested a second 59-something suspect who is also out on bail? Am I reading that right?

Maybe this second man is someone they are accusing of lying about some details....

 

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So there's a 59 year old arrested and out on bail for her murder. Now they've arrested a second 59-something suspect who is also out on bail? Am I reading that right?

Maybe this second man is someone they are accusing of lying about some details....

It is all very confusing, and insisting on nobody using the suspects' names in the coverage doesn't help....

 

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Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering missing chef Claudia Lawrence.

The suspects are all aged in their 50s and from the York area, North Yorkshire Police said.

Searches are being conducted by detectives, who have cordoned off a house near to Miss Lawrence's home in the Heworth area of York.

North Yorkshire Police said the searches were expected to continue for a number of days.

A 59-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder last May and was later released from bail.

Detectives said a 47-year-old man held on suspicion of perverting the course of justice last July had also been released from bail.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-32411332

 

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Three men arrested on suspicion of murdering York chef Claudia Lawrence have been released on bail.

The men, all in their 50s and from the York area, were held on Wednesday.

Police said they have been bailed to allow detectives to follow up lines of inquiry. A fourth man in his 50s, arrested in March, remains on bail.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "Although they have been released from custody, proceedings in this case - as they relate to them - remain active."

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A £1m review into the case of a missing woman is to be "scaled-down" from February, police have said.

Nine individuals have been arrested or interviewed in connection with the case since the review began in 2013, but no charges have been brought.

North Yorkshire Police said the case remained open.

The force said one line of inquiry relating to a DNA profile would take a further six weeks, after which the active investigation would cease.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-38651156